The Session at IPC has engaged in discussing racial reconciliation and adopting and implementing PCA statements about racial reconciliation. The following documents are approved by the Session, and we encourage all IPC members to read and become familiar with them.
As a church, consistent with biblical teaching and our reformed world and life view, we believe in common grace insights. Therefore, while we find the resources below very helpful in understanding the depth and breadth of racial reconciliation, we do not endorse every idea of every author.
Adult Books
The Beautiful Community: Unity, Diversity, and the Church at Its Best by Irwyn L. Ince, Jr.
For a Continuing Church: The Roots of the Presbyterian Church in America by Sean Michael Lucas
Free at Last? The Gospel in the African American Experience by Carl F. Ellis, Jr.
Generous Justice: How God’s Grace Makes Us Just by Timothy Keller
Heal Us, Emmanuel: A Call for Racial Reconciliation and Unity in the Church by Doug Serven (Ed.)
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stephenson
One Blood: Parting Words to the Church on Race by John M. Perkins
Children’s Books
God’s Very Good Idea: A True Story About God’s Delightfully Different Family by Trillia J. Newbell
God Made Me AND You: Celebrating God’s Design for Ethnic Diversity by Shai Linne
Scovia Learns She Has Melanin by Scovia Rushing
Movies
Amazing Grace (2006)
Red Tails (2012)
42 (2013)
Selma (2014)
Race (2016)
Just Mercy (2020)
Podcasts
The Gospel Coalition, As in Heaven series
Videos from the PCA Mission to North America, African American Ministries
Racial Brokenness in America and Our Gospel Response Part One (6/4/2020)
Racial Brokenness in America and Our Gospel Response, “A Time to Listen, Black Voices Speak (6/11/2020)
Racial Brokenness: A Time to Listen: Resources from the Racial and Ethnic Reconciliation Report (6/18/2020)
Other Videos
Innovation Church “INNtheHouse Antoine Clark, Jerry Corless, Sean Lucas, and Marron Thomas (06/14/2020)
The Christian Response to the Racial Crisis, Part 1 Sandy Wilson
The Christian Response to the Racial Crisis, Part 2 Sandy Wilson
Social Justice v. Biblical Justice Ligon Duncan
Other Resources
African American Ministries of the PCA
Grace DC Institute for Cross-Cultural Mission
